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VOLUME LV, NUMBER 7 Serving The College And Community Friday, November 2, 1984 D'Amato Lecture Attacks Election Process United States Senator Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY) told a Fireside Lounge audience Tuesday night that "We (politicians) do a terrible disservice to the public when we subject our President to this denegrating political process." Phou, by bill hamel Concluding his hour long speech, the senator put in a final thought, saying "We haven't begun to scratch the surface yet. it is up to the youth of today to lead (cont'd on page 5) 150 students and faculty when he stated that the president's advisers are giving him terrible advice. As an example, D'Amato cited the fact that when David Stockman, budget director for the Reagan administration, goes out to guarantee student loans, he should also make sure that they get paid back. The United States is currently suffering from an $18 billion loss due to bad debts on farm, small business and student loans. When U.S. Federal District Court Judge Salvatore Martoche asked DAmato what it was like being a United States Senator, he replied that basically, "you have to vote your conscience." He then jokingly added that it seems that the staff runs the Congress, not the senators. This is because there is so much paperwork to be done, and it is impossible for one person to do all the work. Additionally, when you belong to so many different subcommittees, you can not be everywhere at once, so your staff has to brief you on everything that happens at each of the meetings. D'Amato drew a round of applause from the crowd of about D'Amato denounced Walter Mondale's plan of raising taxes to cut the deficit. The senator wants to "cut spending across the board, thus reducing the deficit by over $70 billion." However, he would allow for the cost of living increase for social security recipients because, "they need it the most." When asked by a spectator whether he supported the flat tax, he said that he supports a version of it. D'Amato argues that some persons in the six and seven-digit income brackets are not paying a single penny in taxes because they invest all their earnings in areas such as the municipal bond market. DAmato says that tax shelters are fine, so long as a law is in the books which says that if your income is above a set level, you must pay an 'X' amount of dollars in taxes. Given the fact that there are more registered Democrats in New York than there are Republicans, D'Amato said that the "Democrats were once the majority party, but no longer." At an appearance at Cornell University last week, DAmato said that he noticed the widespread support of students and minorities alike for the Republican party. D'Amato stated that he could not stand the policies of former President Jimmy Carter, but "if he had a six-year term, he might have done better for himself." The senator referred to these few months as the "silly season," since every politician in America is making promises that most of them have no intention of keeping. "We do a terrible disservice to the public," said DAmato, "when we subject our President to this denegrating political process." One of the points the senator made early in his speech was that he is a strong advocate of the "one-shot, six-year term" for a president. This way, it would give him the "ability to carry out his duties without worrying about political ramifications." In his first term, a president spends the last 12-15 months campaigning to become president for another four years. His visit to Canisius came just one week before the general elections. It was part of a massive three-week campaigning effort by DAmato in all parts of the state to muster up votes for President Reagan and local Republican candidates.win the election. The Long Island native is now on 17 Senate subcommittees.InMemoriam D'Amato is the first Italian- American to represent this state in the Senate. He received the Republican nomination over incumbent Jacob Javits in 1980, and went on to out-distance Democratic candidate Elizabeth Holtzman to by Mani Chidambaram The William H. Fitzpatrick Chair continued its series of political lectures on Tuesday, when United States Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato (R-NY) spoke in the Grupp Fireside Lounge. Little Theater Cancels Fall Production by Mike Harrington Due to time constraints and the inability to secure the Student Center Auditorium for rehearsals, the campus Little Theatre has announced that is has canceled its fall production of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew," which was scheduled to open yesterday. The staff of the Griffin would like to express its sincere condolences to the family of Raymond A. Gordon, who died suddenly on campus Tuesday evening. Mr. Gordon was the associate director of annual giving for the College and was also a prominent member of the Cage Club. The flag in front of the Churchill Tower has been flying at half-mast in his memory. According to Little Theatre president Joe Volenti, '86, the decision to cancel the play was made jointly by the club's officers and the play's director, Nancy Doherty. "The nature of Shakespeare makes it a difficult type of thing to do," Volenti said in explaining the decision. "We had some students who had never been on stage before, and it was very difficult for Nancy as a professional director to work with people who were not exactly professional, even if they did have the desire to put on Shakespeare." "You wouldn't expect the football team to move into the gym because someone wanted to play a game of frisbee on the field." "Considering the nature of our club," Volenti said, "it would seem that some events could be moved to other places. One of the problems Little Theatre had was finding available dates for rehearsals in the Student Center Auditorium. Only 11 days were open for the group to rehearse on stage. "That problem again gets back to people who are not used to working with other people who have to start on time," Volenti noted. He added that there were some problems with attendance at rehearsals which were caused mostly by job and lab conflicts. However, there were additional problems caused by late arrivals to rehearsals. "When I found out the play was not going to be held, I checked on what and where the club expended," Hayes commented. "I found that there was no irrespondible spending on their part." Although Volenti said that he did not anticipate any problems with the Finance Committee, Hayes stated that he "didn't expect that they (Little Theatre) will come back (before the committee)." Throughout the year, the committee has used an organization's ability to successfully carry out proposed events as a major criteria for additional allocations. When asked about the effects of the play's cancellation on future allocations to the Little Theatre, Hayes said, "The failure of the club to uphold this part of the criteria will be foremost in the minds of the committee." money on personal items such as food, pop or beer. According to Jim Hayes '86, chairman of the Student Finance Committee, the club requested $13,550 to produce one production each semester, $5,900 of which was requested for the fall play. "We thought $5,900 might be out of line, so we worked with their fixed costs and brought it down to $5,000," Hayes said. Volenti added that any money spent could be defended because Little Theatre did not spend any Volenti was quick to add he understood the plight of Student Center Director Brian Cavanaugh in scheduling the various events, but added that "some consideration regarding this should be taken in the future." The club's decision to call off the four scheduled performances averted the expenditure of more student tax dollars to cover the cost of costume rentals and ticket printing. Election Special, pages 6-7 Faculty Forum: Dr. Escobales, page 3 ■ " w .«.•- xiM i V '"** 1>* ms !S&S5 WB$£$k' ®Jk '" 'j/*. 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VOLUME LV, NUMBER 7 Serving The College And Community Friday, November 2, 1984 D'Amato Lecture Attacks Election Process United States Senator Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY) told a Fireside Lounge audience Tuesday night that "We (politicians) do a terrible disservice to the public when we subject our President to this denegrating political process." Phou, by bill hamel Concluding his hour long speech, the senator put in a final thought, saying "We haven't begun to scratch the surface yet. it is up to the youth of today to lead (cont'd on page 5) 150 students and faculty when he stated that the president's advisers are giving him terrible advice. As an example, D'Amato cited the fact that when David Stockman, budget director for the Reagan administration, goes out to guarantee student loans, he should also make sure that they get paid back. The United States is currently suffering from an $18 billion loss due to bad debts on farm, small business and student loans. When U.S. Federal District Court Judge Salvatore Martoche asked DAmato what it was like being a United States Senator, he replied that basically, "you have to vote your conscience." He then jokingly added that it seems that the staff runs the Congress, not the senators. This is because there is so much paperwork to be done, and it is impossible for one person to do all the work. Additionally, when you belong to so many different subcommittees, you can not be everywhere at once, so your staff has to brief you on everything that happens at each of the meetings. D'Amato drew a round of applause from the crowd of about D'Amato denounced Walter Mondale's plan of raising taxes to cut the deficit. The senator wants to "cut spending across the board, thus reducing the deficit by over $70 billion." However, he would allow for the cost of living increase for social security recipients because, "they need it the most." When asked by a spectator whether he supported the flat tax, he said that he supports a version of it. D'Amato argues that some persons in the six and seven-digit income brackets are not paying a single penny in taxes because they invest all their earnings in areas such as the municipal bond market. DAmato says that tax shelters are fine, so long as a law is in the books which says that if your income is above a set level, you must pay an 'X' amount of dollars in taxes. Given the fact that there are more registered Democrats in New York than there are Republicans, D'Amato said that the "Democrats were once the majority party, but no longer." At an appearance at Cornell University last week, DAmato said that he noticed the widespread support of students and minorities alike for the Republican party. D'Amato stated that he could not stand the policies of former President Jimmy Carter, but "if he had a six-year term, he might have done better for himself." The senator referred to these few months as the "silly season," since every politician in America is making promises that most of them have no intention of keeping. "We do a terrible disservice to the public," said DAmato, "when we subject our President to this denegrating political process." One of the points the senator made early in his speech was that he is a strong advocate of the "one-shot, six-year term" for a president. This way, it would give him the "ability to carry out his duties without worrying about political ramifications." In his first term, a president spends the last 12-15 months campaigning to become president for another four years. His visit to Canisius came just one week before the general elections. It was part of a massive three-week campaigning effort by DAmato in all parts of the state to muster up votes for President Reagan and local Republican candidates.win the election. The Long Island native is now on 17 Senate subcommittees.InMemoriam D'Amato is the first Italian- American to represent this state in the Senate. He received the Republican nomination over incumbent Jacob Javits in 1980, and went on to out-distance Democratic candidate Elizabeth Holtzman to by Mani Chidambaram The William H. Fitzpatrick Chair continued its series of political lectures on Tuesday, when United States Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato (R-NY) spoke in the Grupp Fireside Lounge. Little Theater Cancels Fall Production by Mike Harrington Due to time constraints and the inability to secure the Student Center Auditorium for rehearsals, the campus Little Theatre has announced that is has canceled its fall production of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew," which was scheduled to open yesterday. The staff of the Griffin would like to express its sincere condolences to the family of Raymond A. Gordon, who died suddenly on campus Tuesday evening. Mr. Gordon was the associate director of annual giving for the College and was also a prominent member of the Cage Club. The flag in front of the Churchill Tower has been flying at half-mast in his memory. According to Little Theatre president Joe Volenti, '86, the decision to cancel the play was made jointly by the club's officers and the play's director, Nancy Doherty. "The nature of Shakespeare makes it a difficult type of thing to do," Volenti said in explaining the decision. "We had some students who had never been on stage before, and it was very difficult for Nancy as a professional director to work with people who were not exactly professional, even if they did have the desire to put on Shakespeare." "You wouldn't expect the football team to move into the gym because someone wanted to play a game of frisbee on the field." "Considering the nature of our club," Volenti said, "it would seem that some events could be moved to other places. One of the problems Little Theatre had was finding available dates for rehearsals in the Student Center Auditorium. Only 11 days were open for the group to rehearse on stage. "That problem again gets back to people who are not used to working with other people who have to start on time," Volenti noted. He added that there were some problems with attendance at rehearsals which were caused mostly by job and lab conflicts. However, there were additional problems caused by late arrivals to rehearsals. "When I found out the play was not going to be held, I checked on what and where the club expended," Hayes commented. "I found that there was no irrespondible spending on their part." Although Volenti said that he did not anticipate any problems with the Finance Committee, Hayes stated that he "didn't expect that they (Little Theatre) will come back (before the committee)." Throughout the year, the committee has used an organization's ability to successfully carry out proposed events as a major criteria for additional allocations. When asked about the effects of the play's cancellation on future allocations to the Little Theatre, Hayes said, "The failure of the club to uphold this part of the criteria will be foremost in the minds of the committee." money on personal items such as food, pop or beer. According to Jim Hayes '86, chairman of the Student Finance Committee, the club requested $13,550 to produce one production each semester, $5,900 of which was requested for the fall play. "We thought $5,900 might be out of line, so we worked with their fixed costs and brought it down to $5,000," Hayes said. Volenti added that any money spent could be defended because Little Theatre did not spend any Volenti was quick to add he understood the plight of Student Center Director Brian Cavanaugh in scheduling the various events, but added that "some consideration regarding this should be taken in the future." The club's decision to call off the four scheduled performances averted the expenditure of more student tax dollars to cover the cost of costume rentals and ticket printing. Election Special, pages 6-7 Faculty Forum: Dr. Escobales, page 3 ■ " w .«.•- xiM i V '"** 1>* ms !S&S5 WB$£$k' ®Jk '" 'j/*. Griffs Surprise Cortland, page 12 -■ fc? > v ;.ifi :.■*"!: ;':: : : -ft: •■■ ■■*: .■::: / :'■ ■ ■ >■!gfK# :?.:; ;: - ff -g;;i;;.- ' : : ; ; . v:';.:::'l::;.f-g; filM: THE GRIFFIN mMMmm JKKm* wmKKkm Jikmmtm .. mKKmm VMSI JBb . ■ vmmm ; tmmm Jh> ▼ «MpBj|jgMl l|||H|p 1 a jgji i|gj | | - g|| fepilplip H 1 PUMp aMMMi | 1MM l|f|l